710 Consultation 4/12–544: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Chile (Bowers)
1209. Reurtel 1887, December 5, 7 p.m.86 Uruguayan Government has informed us that it will go along with consensus of other republics on question of hearing Argentine case, although if consensus favors granting hearing it would prefer that it precede rather than follow meeting of Foreign Ministers. Most of the other republics have now expressed official approval of 3-point program outlined in our circular of November 28, 7 p.m., and agree with us that no useful purpose would be served in considering the Argentine case even at the end of a meeting of Ministers. As we made clear in our circular under reference, we did not propose that such a hearing be granted; we merely stated that if the consensus of the other republics should favor such a hearing we would be prepared to participate in it with the safeguards mentioned. As the situation now stands, this appears to be the attitude of the great majority of the other American republics.
Unfortunately we are not able to comment on Fernández communication quoted in your no. 1881, December 4, 11 p.m.87 pending repetition of badly garbled portion.